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It's not really a slippery slope, we've already arrived at the bad thing

yes, here is an article about "preventive detention of a climate activist" in Germany. https://newsrnd.com/news/2023-06-13-before-action-in-regensb...

The issue here is that they seemed to have used the encrypted communications to proof criminal behavior.

This is why we can not, under any circumstances, budge on encryption and privacy. It is a fundamental right and I am willing to die on this hill.

There's no freedom more fundamental than freedom of thought, but anti-encryption violates that imo. At least, it prevents the sharing or workshopping of thoughts. Yeah, I'd literally die on that hill.

No one deserves to be subject to my raw, unrefined thoughts. It's hell enough for me

It really is such a hill, I know it may sound absurd to some people, but invasion of privacy and communications is, by all means, thought policing, and living in such a world is, in my opinion, torture.

Ah, but you see, there's plenty of slope left to slide!

Agreed! Next they will arrest anyone critical of the government and lock them up for using end to end encryption on WhatsApp.

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